COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Reference & Distance Map Of The United States.
Obj Height cm:
137
Obj Width cm:
173
Scale 1:
1,584,000
Note:
This is the second 1834 issue, substituting "Reference and Distance" for "A New" of "A New Map of the United States by J.H. Young" that was the title of the first 1834 issue. The third 1834 issue adds "Mitchell's" to this title. We can find no changes in the map, other than the title changes, for all three issues of 1834. Full color by state; with blue silk edging. Maps is dissected into 36 sections and folds into half leather marbled boards 31x24.5 with ties. The front cover has a leather label embossed in gold reading "Mitchell's Map Of The United States."
Reference:
cf Karrow 1-1485 (without "Mitchell" in the title); Ristow p309-310.
Full Title:
Reference & Distance Map Of The United States By J.H. Young. Published By S. Augustus Mitchell. Philadelphia For Sale By Mitchell & Hinman, No. 6 North Fifth Street 1834. Engraved by J.H. Young, F. Dankworth, E. Yeager & E. F. Woodward. Entered ... 1833 by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania ... (illustration) Designed by W. Mason. (inset) A General Map Of The United States with the contiguous British & Mexican Possessions. (with 12 additional inset maps).
List No:
4843.001
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1834
Pub Title:
Reference & Distance Map Of The United States By J.H. Young. Published By S. Augustus Mitchell. Philadelphia For Sale By Mitchell & Hinman, No. 6 North Fifth Street 1834. Engraved by J.H. Young, F. Dankworth, E. Yeager & E. F. Woodward. Entered ... 1833 by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania ... (illustration) Designed by W. Mason. (inset) A General Map Of The United States with the contiguous British & Mexican Possessions. (with 12 additional inset maps).
Pub Reference:
cf Karrow 1-1485 (without "Mitchell" in the title); Ristow p309-310.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
4843.000
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
25
Image No:
4843001
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
S.A. Mitchell
Type:
Case Map
Country:
United States
Engraver or Printer:
Dankworth, Frederick, b. ca. 1804
Engraver or Printer:
Mason, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Mitchell & Hinman
Engraver or Printer:
Woodward, E. F.
Engraver or Printer:
Yeager, E.
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Publication Author:
Young, James H.
Pub Type:
Case Map
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Author:
Young, James H.
Date:
1834
Reference & Distance Map Of The United States.
